Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg made the announcement Saturday. No body camera footage Records exist of Scotty Scheffler’s arrest.
Police handcuffed Scheffler early Friday morning at the PGA Championship and charged him with assault on a police officer, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
However, Gillis did not have his body camera turned on.
“The officer did not have his body camera footage turned on during the incident. We will release the footage we have,” Greenberg said, according to Louisville’s WDRB.
“To our knowledge there was nothing. No video of the initial contact between the officers has been discovered. [Bryan] Gillis and Mr. Scheffler. ”
Police then released Scheffler, who arrived at the golf course 57 minutes before Friday’s tee time. Scheffler then shot a 5-under 66, a round that Scheffler called “one of the best rounds of his career” despite a “huge misunderstanding.”
Nevertheless, the police report indicates that Scheffler “refused to comply and accelerated forward, dragging Detective Gillis to the ground.”
Scheffler’s attorney, Steve Romines, called the allegations “false.”
Nevertheless, Mr. Scheffler is scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Scheffler will then head to the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, near his hometown of Dallas, Texas. Scheffler is currently active on the PGA Tour.
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